Question Your World: How Do Scientists Know Where One Specific Mammoth Traveled?
Recently scientists reconstructed the prehistoric travel log of a wooly mammoth that lived in Alaska more than 17,000 years ago by applying present-day knowledge to the geologic past.
What’s in a Name: The Science behind What We Call Things
Juliet may have thought names were arbitrary, but scientifically, names play an important role by placing order on our world by helping us differentiate between things. So how does science go about assigning names?
Pride in Paleontology: Highlighting LGBTQ+ Scientists
As the Museum enters our summer of dinosaurs, Pride Month seems like the perfect time to highlight some LGBTQ+ professionals within the field of paleontology.
Question Your World: Why Have Ancient Rats and Cats Been in the Science News Lately?
Recent excavations raise some big questions about understanding our planet’s biological history. It's a great reminder that life on Earth may seem wild now, but it’s got a pretty wild past, too!
Question Your World: What Did We Just Discover about Tyrannosaurs?
Every now and then a discovery is made that challenges a previously held belief. A recent excavation site in Utah is shedding more light on how some dinosaurs may actually have been social creatures.